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Job Description
Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation, research and development, or other related activities. Includes physicians, dentists, public health specialists, pharmacologists, and medical pathologists who primarily conduct research.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1042.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 95,000.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 45.00
- Currently, there are 108,870 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- Senior Scientist
- Senior Research Scientist
- Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Laboratory Director
- Clinical Pharmacologist
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Associate Director, Experimental Medicine
- Toxicologist
- Serologist
- Scientific Director
- Research Specialist
- Research Group Director
- Research Associate
- Research Assistant Member
- Research Assistant
- Protein Purification Scientist
- Principal Investigator
- Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert
- Pharmacometrician
- Pharmacologist
- Pharmacognosist
- Pharmaceutical Botanist
- Pesticide Use Medical Coordinator
- Parasitologist
- Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist
- Neurosurgery Research Director
- Neuroscientist
- Neurophysiologist
- Nanotechnologist
- Medical Scientist
- Medical Researcher
- Medical Research Scientist
- Medical Physicist
- Medical Health Researcher
- MD Senior Research Scientist
- Lead Scientist
- Laboratory Coordinator
- Investigator
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Immunochemist
- Histopathologist
- Histologist
- Good Laboratory Practice In Vitro Study Director (GLP In Vitro Study Director)
- Gerontologist
- Endocrinologist
- Drug Safety Scientist
- Director, Metabolism
- Director, Experimental Medicine
- Director, Clinical Pharmacology
- Director of Research
- Director of Preclinical Research
- Director of Laboratory Operations
- Director Multiple Sclerosis Center
- Cytologist
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Research Scientist
- Clinical Research Director
- Clinical Research Associate
- Clinical Research Assistant
- Clinical Research Analyst
- Clinical Manager
- Clinical Liaison
- Clinical Director
- Clinical Assistant
- Clinical Analyst
- Chemotherapist
- Cancer Researcher
- Anatomist
Tasks for “Investigator”
- Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, and others regarding medical applications of physics, biology, and chemistry.
- Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, and chromatography systems.
- Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
- Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
- Write and publish articles in scientific journals.
- Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
- Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
- Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
- Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
- Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
- Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
- Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs.
Related Technology & Tools
- Measuring cylinders
- Automated deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Recording spectrophotometers
- Microplate readers
- Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Balances
- Developing tanks
- Heat lamps
- Fume hoods
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Centrifuges
- Fixed-angle microfuges
- Mercury analyzers
- Blood gas machines
- Mainframe computers
- Petri dishes
- Homogenizers
- Coagulation machines
- Crossflow filtration systems
- Flasks
- Chemistry analyzers
- Microscope/video camera stations
- Plate washers
- Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Electrophoresis power systems
- Laboratory evaporators
- Selective ion meters
- Electrical conductivity meters
- Refrigerated swinging bucket centrifuges
- Fermenters
- Cuvettes
- Autoclaves
- Vortex mixers
- Heating blocks
- Laser printers
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners
- Shaking incubators
- Thin layer chromatography equipment
- Differential cell counters
- Flow cytometers
- Automated centrifuges
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Gel documentation systems
- Bone ultrasound densitometers
- Magnetic stirrers
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Thin layer chromatography plates
- Ion chromatographs
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Laptop computers
- Bomb calorimeters
- Liquid handling robots
- Blenders
- Cyclotrons
- Confocal microscopes
- Laminar flow hoods
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Speed vacs
- Mass spectrometers
- Ultralow freezers
- Gel dryers
- Cell disruptors
- Ultrasound imaging scanners
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Glassware washers
- Hot plates
- Volumetric flasks
- High-speed centrifuges
- Coulter counters
- Steam distillation apparatus
- Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Fourier Transform IR spectrophotometers
- Filter funnels
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Beta counters
- Ultraviolet UV crosslinkers
- Microdiffusion dishes
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Hematology analyzers
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Powder funnels
- Ultracentrifuges
- Pipettes
- pH meters
- Spray atomizers
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Chromatographic tubes
- Microarrayer scanners
- Personal computers
- Incubators
- Colorimeters
- Scintillation counters
- Peptide synthesizers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Gamma counters
- Electron microscopes
- Pasteur pipettes
- Rotary evaporators
- Hot air ovens
- High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Absorption tubes
- Desktop computers
- Thermal cyclers
- Flame photometers
- PerkinElmer TurboMass
- Spreadsheet software
- Database software
- Thermo ToxLab
- Medical Scientists MediSave
- Microsoft Word
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- SPSS
- Waters MassLynx
- Waters Q-DIS/QM LIMS
- BioArray Software Environment BASE
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Excel
- Medical Scientists HybridAI
- LexisNexis
- Presentation software
- FileMaker Pro
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Statistical software
- Python
- Microsoft Office
- Linux
- UNIX
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Waters eLab Notebook
- R
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Minitab
- Word processing software
- StataCorp Stata
- Triple G ULTRA Laboratory Information System
- SAS
- Integrated development environment IDE software
- Waters Empower 2
- Waters Millennium32
- Microsoft Visual Basic